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The Beat Hotel

Play trailer Poster for The Beat Hotel 2012,  1h 28m,  Documentary/ Biography/ History/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a cheap Paris hotel becomes a sanctuary for Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, William Burroughs and other beatniks.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Apr 4, 2012
Never amounts to more than a flabby piece of counterculture nostalgia. Go to Full Review
Nicolas Rapold New York Times Mar 30, 2012
2.5/5
Mr. Govenar's textbook history of the scene (from around 1957 to 1963) is twinklingly delivered by surviving former residents and scholarly chroniclers. Go to Full Review
Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter Mar 29, 2012
Impressionistic documentary about the temporary Parisian home of the Beat writers fails to justify its full-length running time. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 2, 2020
3.0/4.0
The Beat Hotel is a surprisingly straightforward and low-key documentary. Go to Full Review
Louis Proyect rec.arts.movies.reviews Mar 30, 2012
Shocked at the negative reviews here. This is by far the best documentary on the beats. Go to Full Review
David Noh Film Journal International Mar 30, 2012
Likeable documentary about a Beat Generation hotspot that makes you want to pack up your laptop and write away in some cheap garret with a shared toilet. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Alan Govenar

Director

Harold Chapman

Actor

Peter Golding

Actor

Oliver Harris

Actor

Kit Hussey

William Burroughs

Jason P. Kendall

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The Beat Hotel

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Movie Info

Synopsis In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a cheap Paris hotel becomes a sanctuary for Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, William Burroughs and other beatniks.
Director
Alan Govenar
Producer
Alan Govenar
Distributor
First Run
Genre
Documentary, Biography, History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 30, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 25, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.6K
Runtime
1h 28m
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